Example sentences of "able to make the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you find that you are only able to make the minimum payments on your credit cards ? |
| 2 | Royalty themselves , aware of the limits of the loyalty of their subjects , were able to make the necessary adjustments to their job . |
| 3 | I mean he might occasionally want to move it a foot , but there would be no way he 'd be able to make the nice adjustments in that way . |
| 4 | To be able to make the right decisions you need |
| 5 | A few , of exceptional talent , will be able to make the great leap upward and outward in order to join the steadily growing group of ‘ declassed experts ’ . |
| 6 | It was in fact off Belle Île just south of the entrance to the Bay , which then curves east towards Vannes , where the invasion force from the Morbihan was waiting to embark , that soon after dawn on the morning of Tuesday 20 November 1759 Hawke was able to make the classic signal ‘ French fleet in sight ’ . |
| 7 | From these he was able to make the crucial observation that the disease tended to be confined to the practice of a small minority of midwives . |
| 8 | She was still in her night things , and somehow did n't seem able to make the simplest connections in her mind ; right hand hugging her left elbow , she 'd been rocking herself gently ever since she 'd been wakened by the sounds of garage doors opening and cars being started in the mews outside her window . |
| 9 | Where the knowledge depends upon special circumstances of which not everyone is aware , the plaintiff has to prove that the article was published to persons who were able to make the identifying connection . |
| 10 | At 15,000 feet , no enthusiastic pilot who is already suffering from the effects of lack of oxygen will be able to make the sensible decision to leave strong lift . |
| 11 | Already her sailing ability had reached a level where she was able to make the minor corrections to hold the boat on course without even thinking . |
| 12 | The two rowdy West Indians obviously thought of themselves as wits of the first order and they were able to make the fat lady respond to their nonsenses with weird bursts of laughter . |
| 13 | You will have received a copy of my handwritten ‘ Functional Specification ’ in which I have tried to take account of all the comments made during our session in Paris but have been somewhat hampered by the fact that I , too along with David and Geoff , have not been able to make the latest set of disks run . |
| 14 | There needs to be a degree of tolerance and a willingness to accept that not all are willing or able to make the same level of commitment , but there are limits . |
| 15 | Greek negative theology was able to make the original revelation particularly their own and offered a constant corrective to their hellenistic love of rationalism and intellectual debate . |
| 16 | It was he who had classed them as ‘ tourists , travelling for pleasure ’ ; and in the course of the voyage some passengers , particularly the younger ones , were able to make the remarkable transition from despised Untermensch to pleasure-seeking tourist . |